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Pfizer Japan to Discontinue Amoxapine after Carcinogen Issue
Pfizer Japan said on February 19 that it will discontinue the sale of its antidepressant Amoxan (amoxapine), which has been under shipment suspensions, as the company has no prospects for resuming production following the detection of carcinogen impurities. The company…
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